Unità dei Micascisti eclogitici
Back to Sesia NappeRepresentation and status
- Color CMYK
- (0%,0%,0%,100%)
- Color RGB
- R: 240 G: 200 B: 200
- Rank
- tectonically bounded lithostratigraphic unit
- Validity
- Unit is in Use
- Status
- incorrect name (though informally used)
Nomenclature
- Deutsch
- Micascisti-Eclogitici-Einheit
- Français
- Unité des Micaschistes éclogitiques
- Italiano
- Unità dei Micascisti eclogitici
- English
- Eclogitic Micaschist Unit
- Historical Variants
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Micascisti Eclogitici (Stella 1894), "Micascisti Eclogitici" Complex = Eclogitic Micaschist Complex (Dal Piaz et al. 1972, Compagnoni et al. 1977), Micaschistes éclogitiques (Comes 1975), eclogitic micaschists (Gosso 1977), micascisti eclogitici (Dal Piaz et al. 1992a), Eclogitic Micaschist Complex (Zucali et al. 2002), eclogitic Micaschist Complex (Ferraris & Compagnoni 2003), Internal Sesia-Lanzo zone = eclogitic micaschists (Conticelli et al. 2010), eclogite facies rocks of the Internal Complex (Giuntoli & Engi 2016), Eklogitischer Glimmerschiefer-Komplex
Description
- Description
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micaschists with jadeitic pyroxene-garnet +/- glaucophane +/- chloritoid, with intercalated eclogites, glaucophanites and marbles (Compagnoni et al. 1977)
Geography
- Geographical extent
- Lanzo - Valle di Sesia, Val d'Aoste en aval de Bard.
References
- Definition
- (1894) : Contributo alla geologia delle formazioni pre-triassiche nel versante meridionale delle Alpi Centrali. Bolletino del Regio Comitato Geologico Italiano 25, 83-114
- Definition
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(2024) :
Tectonic Map of Switzerland 1:500000, Explanatory notes. Federal Office of Topography swisstopo, Wabern
p.81: The Eclogitic Micaschist Unit comprises mostly paragneisses with minor mafic rocks, orthogneisses and calcitic marbles. Eclogitic mineral assemblages are well preserved, rarely overprinted by the subsequent greenschist-facies metamorphism.